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Stroudsburg and Parkland blitzed through the high school baseball regular season, cramming in games on any available day once the weather cooperated. The Mounties and Trojans did so well that they wrapped up their schedules Monday with identical 19-1 overall records and 15-1 EPC marks. After pushing hard to complete the regular season in time, how will Stroudsburg and Parkland handle a week between games? Can anyone stop a Mounties-Trojans matchup for the first EPC title? Those are two of the big questions heading into the eight-team EPC tournament, which starts Monday with quarterfinals at the sites of the higher-seeded teams. The quarterfinal matchups probably won't be...

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HAMDEN — During a press conference Wednesday morning at the TD Bank Sports Center, Quinnipiac University President John Lahey mentioned outgoing athletic director Jack McDonald, who was sitting high in the arena seats, and incoming athletic director...

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The Fairfield softball team departed Wednesday for Tuscaloosa, Ala., where the Stags will make their NCAA Tournament debut Friday against perennial national power Alabama in a four-team regional.Coach Julie Brzezinski has won 496 games in her 18 years...

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